DESIRE: Paintings, Photographs and Drawings

This international exhibition showcased intimate, small-scale works—paintings, photographs, and drawings—that resemble a visual diary, blending classical media with photography to create a collective narrative of obsession and desire. Presented as a cohesive "illustrated volume," these pieces evoke the processes and protagonists of longing, expressing a spectrum of body language and ecstasy, both restrained and uninhibited. Whether well-known or emerging, all contribute a singular voice centered on one of life's most profound emotions—desire. The eighty-five works explore themes from romantic yearning to eroticism and sexual obsession, with artists like Araki and Mapplethorpe exemplifying contrasting perspectives on the photographic sexual image, highlighting art's role in embodying and giving form to this complex, powerful emotion. Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine Minus. Very softly rubbed corners.